Election 2012: Explaining Rick Santorum’s Odd new ‘Doomsday’ Tone
"I should have listened to Rick Santorum!" The Associated Press has a story up this morning all about presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s new campaign tone, and the quotes to prove it. If you’re to believe his between-the-lines predictions, President Barack Obama’s policies and inner demons will—at some point soon—result in some twisted...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Lawyer Blames Attorney General for Joe Paterno’s Death
We love accused child torturer Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer, Karl Rominger. And not in a good way: He just has that umph! you only see in the slimiest, greasiest of defense attorneys. Now, he’s blaming the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office and grand jury report about the investigation into his client, for murdering former Penn State football coach Joe...
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2012 Election: Drudge? Palin? Cain? What Killed Newt?
In a Republican primary that’s become cliché in its weirdness, another candidate has seemingly crashed and burned over the last week. It’s former Speaker Newt Gingrich. And after winning South Carolina by double-digits, it looks like he’s set to lose Florida by a similar margin. It’s hard to tell how, exactly, this happened. But it might come down to...
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Election 2012: The New War on Newt
Don’t look now, but Newt Gingrich is exactly where John McCain was at this stage in the game, back in 2008—and Republicans are doing their damndest to make sure they don’t get another old, white-haired 90s throwback as their nominee in 2012. Back then, once-frontrunner John McCain had crashed and burned during the debate process in favor of younger, conservative...
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Election 2012: And Then Rick Santorum Pandered to an ‘Obama is a Muslim’ Voter
As we all know by now, the Republican presidential race has moved to Florida, a state known for its family-friendly theme parks, white sand beaches and radical hillbillies (although never at the same place/same time). Well, Rick Santorum was holding a town hall meeting in that state, in a place called Lady Lake, and a woman began her question with, “I do not...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Santorum has Poor Showing in ‘Dead Ground’ New Hampshire
Last night, Rick Santorum again tried and failed. He came in 5th place in the New Hampshire primary, swallowing just 10 percent of the vote. We liveblogged the thing. But long story short, everything they said might happen in New Hampshire, happened. Mitt Romney won, then came Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, Gingrich and Santorum. Most voters in New Hampshire were interested...
Continue Reading‘Defense of Marriage’ Ruled Unconstitutional in Response to PA Benefits Case
Many correctly criticized the Obama Administration for deciding in February it was going to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act in courts, after publicly deeming the 1996 law not in line with the U.S. Constitution. The criticisms came from both the left and right — the right wished someone would think of the children, while the left wished someone...
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DAILY GRINDER: No Education Required to be a Judge
News: Christine Solomon, a newly elected Philadelphia Traffic Court judge, just flunked a required judicial education examination that’s required to let her do her job. Gross news: A month after Judge Willie Singletary was “relieved” of his judicial duties for allegedly showing a court worker a photograph of his junk. Philly: Shame you don’t have to be...
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Meet Amanda Benton, the Philly Artist Who Won the Barack Obama ‘Art Works’ Contest
The Obama campaign invited artists from all over the country to enter a campaign contest that would create posters promoting the American Jobs Act, a series of job-creating initiatives the president introduced earlier this year. The campaign gave the artists a number of ideas on which to focus (rebuilding America, getting the country back to work, believing in...
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